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                                                                    Meeting risks: beneath the obvious 
                                                                    Recently, in the webinar on meeting risk assessment and contingency planning for MeetingsFocus and another for a client, and in a class at  the University of North Carolina Charlotte, I talked about risks faced when selecting destinations and sites. What was also discussed was a destination's infrastructure - what keeps a city moving...  
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                                                                    F&B Can Make or Break A Meeting  
                                                                    What we know: if the food at meetings and events is good, meeting participants are happy; if it's not to their liking, even if all other aspects of a meeting or event are great (for them and others), bad or unattractive food will be the only thing discussed and remembered! In the 'early days' of meetings, or at least in my career which stretches back 40 years, there were few who looked closely at the what-why-how-when-risk of menus...  
                                                                    
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                                                                       The Current: Upgrades & Openings    
                                                                    The Smith Curry Hotel Group announced lobby upgrades in  six of its properties in the Charlotte metropolitan area, including the  Hilton Garden Inn Uptown, Hampton Inn Uptown, Hilton Garden Inn  Charlotte Northlake, Hilton Garden Inn Charlotte Pineville...  
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                                                                         Snapshot: Olloclip    
                                                                    Popular with Instagram users, the OlloClip is a 3-in-1 photo lens that  connects to recent iPhone models and allows users to take pictures using  a fish-eye, macro or wide angle lens. Lens caps included...  
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                                                                                      Bobby Sundmaker      
                                                                                Hyatt Regency Dallas   
                                                                                Dallas, Texas  
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                                                                                Can you recommend a good place to take a stroll? 
                                                                                Hyatt Regency Dallas' central location is convenient for guests to stroll to downtown attractions of all sorts. I've recently been suggesting Dallas' newest pedestrian-friendly landmark, Klyde Warren Park, the 5.2-acre deck park built over Woodall-Rogers Freeway in the center of Dallas (and just a few miles from the hotel)... 
                                                                                
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